Cancelled Conference Conversations: Creating openings for Māori

I had the great pleasure of attending the "Cancelled Conference Conversations: Creating openings for Māori" this afternoon with my Year 1 tauira. Below are my key thoughts:

Dr. Sonja Macfarlane

* All of the work we do must be mana-enhancing

* The work you do as a researcher should be for the greater good

* What you are doing, and why you are doing it should be clear

* Rephrase questions so that they are mana-enhancing (mind your language).

* We need to think about how the well-being of the people we are researching is kept intact (use the Te Whare Tapa Whā model)

* Sonja Macfarlane referred to the 3 Principle's in Te Tiriti o Waitangi and see's these as important in future work.

Dr. Melissa Derby

* Refers to Tendershoots work

* He Awa Whiria Model - Culturally responsive literacy intervention for Māori

* A comment - Literacy is not a Māori thing...

* Further considerations: Phonological awareness, vocabulary knowledge, story retell and comprehension skills, bilingualism, the influence of whānau on literacy development 

* Game-based assessments looks interesting ...probably not relevant to my own study but sounds cool.